acorn
n.
fruit or seed of the oak tree
Acorn
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, a
community organization of low- and moderate-income families that addresses housing, schools, neighborhood safety, health care, job conditions, and other social issues that affect its members. With a membership of over 350,000, ACORN is organized into more than 850 neighborhood chapters in over 100 cities across the United States, as well as in
Argentina,
Canada,
Mexico, and
Peru. The organization was born out of the
American Civil Rights Movement. ACORN was founded by
Wade Rathke, a community and
labor organizer, in
1970. Maude Hurd has been National President of ACORN since 1990.
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Acorn
(n.)
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
(n.)
See Acorn-shell.
(n.)
A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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ACORN
a classification of residential neighbourhood - a geodemographic database of residential locality types (see RMD -research link).
Acorn
Seeing acorns in dreams, is portent of pleasant things ahead, and much gain is to be expected.
To pick them from the ground, foretells success after weary labors.
For a woman to eat them, denotes that she will rise from a station of labor to a position of ease and pleasure.
To shake them from the trees, denotes that you will rapidly attain your wishes in business or love.
To see green-growing acorns, or to see them scattered over the ground, affairs will change for the better. Decayed or blasted acorns have import of disappointments and reverses.
To pull them green from the trees, you will injure your interests by haste and indiscretion.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project
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